Shoe-polish container



F. H. H. BEEDER.

SHOE POLISH CONTAINER.

APPLICATION mm MAY 21. 1918.

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SHOE-POLISH CONTAINER.

Specifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Application filed May 27, 1918. Serial No. 236,780.

T0 aZZ whom t may conccrn:

Be it known that I, FRANois H. H. Rnnonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ogden, in the county of *Weber and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Shoe-P'olish Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a novel shoe polish receptacle having a dauber or other form of polish applying device engaged therewith and a polishing cloth arranged thereon in a manner such as will permit the engagement of the same with a shoe, thus rendering an exceedingly desirable and compact article and obviating the use of the ordinary blackenin-g boX or like device.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In order that the invention and the manner of its application may be readily understood by those skilled in the art, 1 vhave in the accompanying illustrative drawings, and in the detailed following description based thereon set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In these dra-wings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved box,

Fig. 2 is a side clevation thereof partly in section,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the receptacle lid showing` the manner in which the dauber engaging fingers are formed thereon,

Fig. Al is a similar view showing the dauber eng'aging fingers in bent form to receive the dauber, and r Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail in perspective of the lid showing the arrangement of the dauber receiving fingers tliereon.

Having more particular reference to the drawings, in connection with which like reference characters will designate corresponding` parts throughout the several views, l represents the receptacle and 2 the lid thereof which are both formed of relatively thin sheet material. In this connection, it is to be not-ed that the receptacle and its lid are formed or shaped to constitute an efiicient form of handle which may be easily and firmly grasped by a user; the receptacle being provided with a beading or shoulder 3 adapted to be engaged by the lower marginal portlon of the lid in order that the same wlll be properly positioned with relation thereto when arranged over the same.

Arranged over the bottom of the receptacle l .and secured thereto by some suitable .adheslve or slmilar means is the shoe polish- 111g cloth 11 of suitable material, said cloth belng so arranged as to permit the same to beeffectually engaged with a shoe or 'other ob]ect to be polished thereby.

Depending spaced fingers 5 and 6 are formed .lntegral With one marginal portion of the lid 2, preferably, at a point adjacent one end thereof and are adapted to be bent upward1y as shown in the Fig. 3 to a substantially horizontal position'and then bent upon themselves to provide annular dauber receiving elements, clearly shown in the Figs. 4- and 5. t of course will be understood that previous to the bending of the fingers 5 and 6 into annular form, the handle portion of a suitable form of dauber 7 is arranged adjacent the same, whereupon said fingers 5 and 6 are then bent in opposite dlrections about the same, thus forming an eifectual connection between said handle portlon'of the dauber and the receptaole lid 2; the l1d, obviously, afording a handle for the dauber to facilitate the application of the pollsh to a shoe or other object. Furthermore, .lt is to be also noted that the brush portion of the dauber is arranged to eXtend below the lower marginal portion of the lid 2 in order that the same can be effectually engaged with the polish arranged in the receptacle 1 and as equally well applied to the surface of a shoe or other object to be pollshed thereby.

In using my improved device, the lid 2 is of course removed from the receptacle 1 and serves as a suitable handle whereby the dauber 7 can 'be engaged with the polish. Subsequent to the application of the polish to the surface of a shoe 01' other obj ect, the lid, 1f desired, can be replaced over the receptacle 1 and the receptacle then moved back and forth over the surface of the shoe in a manner to cause engagement of the polishing` cloth 4; therewith, thus eifecting the desired polishing operation.

Attention is directed to the fact that by forming the receptacle 1 and its respective lid 2 in the peculiar manner herein shown, I am enabled to provide an effectual form of handle for thedauber 7 as Well as thedpolishing cloth 4, thus materia-ny facilitating the use of the same by a person.

Of course, it is to be understood that other forms of means for conneoting the dauber 7 to the lid 2 of the device may be substituted if desired, such as conditions 01' Preference may dictate.

Manifestly, the construction shown is capable of considerable modification and such modification as is Within the scope of my olaim, I consider Within the spirit of my nvention.

A device of the Character described including a i'ecepta'cle lid shaped to aiford a handle, fingers formed integral with one vmarginal portion of the lid adjacent one end thereof, and a dauber engaged by said fingers and secured to the lid.

In testimony Whereof, I a'fiiX my signature hereto.

FRANCIS H. H. REEDER. 

